DIV for Forum in CSS Template

CSS Template Help with Container

[Hutchy68]

I don't know if it can be done. In theory I think maybe, but problems with the _parent page reload.

I have a CSS Template Website. I also have a Forum for the site that runs in a separate directory on my server. Basically an independent site with its own menu bars.

Is there a way to nest the Forum into my Template's Content DIV? My concern is the Menu Bar of the Forum taking the user to the Forum's separate page. I think I would have to code with a _parent of some type to keep the page within the Template page.

Thanks

Tom

[swa66]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld! [webmasterworld.com]

All depends on how hard the forum software you use is to change it's template to match the rest of the site.
It typically requires a lot of knowledge of both the forum and the rest of the site, but it's something I've done in the past with blogs, forums etc.

So bottom line:
- most likely it's doable
- most likely it's hard to do (a lot of work)
- it will requires a lot of knowledge of both the design of your site and the forum software itself

Last time I did it, I spent about a week on it to integrate a new version of forum software in an existing site. [This included recreating all icons of the forum software to match the rest of the color theme, somthing that depends a lot on the availability of the original files and you having the right tools (the original photoshop files were not available at the time, so I recreated my own, taking a lot of time]

[rocknbil]

Is there a way to nest the Forum into my Template's Content DIV?

Yes, it would be an easy fix, but this is probably not the way to do it. You want to add that template to your forum's list of templates (they all have them.) Tweak it and modify it until everything links correctly, as swa66 says it's a bit of work but that depends on the complexity of your template. I have a client using phpBB and the site template was simple enough, it only took a few hours.

Most of these also have ways to incorporate your template's CSS into the mix. It's a lot of tweaking and fiddling about, but once done it's done.

[Hutchy68]

Thanks for the reply.

Do you thing there might be an issue with the two sets of menu buttons running on the page?

One would be the main naviagation buttons, the other would be to control the forum functions.

I haven't look yet, but I think there would be 2 CSS style sheets running, or could I combine the CSS code for both into one larger file?

Tom